Puku Book Reviews

All book reviews are curated by Puku processes. All book reviewers are qualified, and have completed Puku designed review workshops.

Puku’s book reviews provide informed perspectives on children’s books in South Africa’s languages.

Reviews are published in the reviewer’s language. That means a review of an isiZulu book is written in isiZulu, not summarised in English. If you’re choosing books for children who read in indigenous languages, that matters a lot.

Puku reviews children’s books through a structured process developed over years of conducting multilingual review workshops. Reviewers are qualified practitioners – teachers, librarians, academics, and literary activists – who have completed Puku-designed review training.

Tinkkhanyeti endvundvumeni yesihlabatsi

siSwati

Review by Remah Joyce Lubambo

Ndakukhula

Puku Book Reviews

All book reviews are curated by Puku processes. All book reviewers are qualified, and have completed Puku designed review workshops.

Tinkkhanyeti endvundvumeni yesihlabatsi

Malusi, umfana wekwelusa, unakekela timvu netimbuti tabomkhulu wakhe etintsabeni. Ngaphansi kwesibhakabhaka lesigcwele tinkhanyeti, ufundza ngekutinikela, sibindzi kanye nebuhle bemvelo.

Amaso amangalisayo kaMpumi

Multilingual 123 Afr Eng Nama

Sopo ya Meetlwa

Puku ye ke kanegelo ya metlae le bohlale yeo e latelago Noko ge e nyaka dijo ka thušo ya diphoofolo tše dingwe. Ka baanegwa ba go kgahliša le ditiragalo tše di thabišago, bana ba hlohleletšwa go diriša boikgopolelo bja bona le go ipshina ka kanegelo ye e tletšego makatšo.

Moriti

UBuhle, iThol' elimbala-bala - Folk Tale 5

Legapa le le latlhegileng

Ikatshana Elinesibindi

Umbhali walencwadi ungowesifazane wokuqala omnyama eNingizimu Afrika ofundisa ukutshuza emanzini ajulile, futhi ungumsunguli we-Black Mermaid Foundation.

Ulouba, umdlali webhola omncane

ULouba uhlala eDoumpa, eN’Djamena, lapho impilo ingelula khona ngaso sonke isikhathi. Kodwa uLouba unabangane bakhe, uthando lwebhola kanye nephupho lakhe.

Mmala wa Lerato

Debo yo Montle

A Mpumi o kgona go bala?

Ucitronella

Ke Mowa

Ke bona eng se se fofang?

Ye maatla a go feta a Tau - Folk Tale 1

Puku ye ke nonwane ya bohlale yeo e bontšhago gore le ba banyenyane ba ka kgona go rarolla mathata ka mahlale. Ge Legotlwana le šomiša maano go thuša diphoofolo go fenya Tau, bana ba ithuta ka bohlokwa bja bohlale, sebete le go se nyatše ba bangwe.

LADUMA

Laduma yindaba ejabulisayo yabantwana ngomfana ogama lakhe nguPeter, ophupha ukuba yinkanyezi yebhola. obuqinile.

Udla ini uMpumi

Incwadi igcizelela ukudla ngendlela enempilo

Nginsundu Nginezinwele Ezisongene

Noma ungaba nebala elinsundu nezinwele ezisongene, kodwa usewumndeni.

I am Shudu: Finding my voice knowing my strength

Dear readers.